myopia
/maɪˈəʊpiə/noun
उच्चारण मायउपिअ
निकट-दृष्टि दोष; अदूरदर्शिता
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the inability to see clearly objects that are far away; the inability to see what the results of a particular action or decision will be
निकट-दृष्टि दोष; अदूरदर्शिता
- Myopia is corrected with concave lenses.
- political myopia
- Many children develop myopia because they spend long hours on screens.
+ 2 more examples
- He was prescribed glasses for myopia when he was ten.
- Myopia makes it hard to read the board from the back of the class.
Synonyms short-sightedness near-sightedness narrow-mindedness lack of foresight
Opposite hypermetropia far-sightedness foresight vision
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
short-sightedness near-sightedness narrow-mindedness lack of foresight
Antonyms
hypermetropia far-sightedness foresight vision
§Grammar and usage
Figuratively, myopic means not thinking about the future.
लाक्षणिक रूप से myopic का अर्थ भविष्य के बारे में न सोचने वाला है।
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General knowledge
Science GK: in myopia (short-sightedness), the image forms in front of the retina and it is corrected with a concave lens; in hypermetropia (long-sightedness), the image forms behind the retina and it is corrected with a convex lens; presbyopia is age-related difficulty in seeing close objects.
विज्ञान GK में myopia (निकट-दृष्टि दोष) में प्रतिबिंब रेटिना के आगे बनता है और अवतल लेंस से ठीक होता है; hypermetropia (दूर-दृष्टि दोष) में प्रतिबिंब रेटिना के पीछे बनता है और उत्तल लेंस से ठीक होता है; presbyopia उम्र से जुड़ी पास की चीज़ें देखने में कठिनाई है।